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Editorial: 24 aldermen rushed to praise new meter deal
Aldermen, have your heads stopped spinning over all the details in that McCormick Place/Navy Pier megadeal announced Thursday? If so, we have some questions for you. No, not about that megadeal. About the last megadeal. The one on revising the parking...
Tags: Richard F. Mell, Timothy M. Cullerton, Politics, James Balcer, JoAnn Thompson
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Some aldermen want hearings on fixing or dumping Taste of Chicago
Clout StreetA group of aldermen today called for hearings on whether Taste of Chicago should be restructured or even eliminated in the face of years of financial losses. Ald. Robert Fioretti, a sponsor of the non-binding resolution, suggested Taste may have run...Tags: Taste of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Walter Burnett, Jr., Patrick J. O'Connor, Chicago Mayor
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Chicago alderman says he asked gang members not to harbor fugitives
Clout StreetIn the wake of the murder of 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins, the ward’s alderman announced Tuesday that he has contacted gang members to ask them not to harbor the killers of innocent victims. Ald. Willie Cochran, 20th, a retired Chicago police...Tags: Local Government, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Willie Cochran, Hadiya Pendleton, Rahm Emanuel
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Chicago aldermen endorse $33 million settlements in two police cases
Clout StreetThe City Council Finance Committee today endorsed spending $32.7 million to settle two police misconduct cases, including what may be the single largest payment of its kind in city history. The larger settlement, now set for a Thursday vote of the...Tags: Trials, Jon Burge, Rahm Emanuel, Midway Airport, Andrew Wilson
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Emanuel speed camera ticket measure approved
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial speed-camera ordinance that would ding violators with tickets of up to $100 won Chicago City Council approval today. The 33-14 vote came after the mayor made changes to the camera plan in an effort to build...Tags: Services and Shopping, Richard F. Mell, James Balcer, Politics, Rahm Emanuel
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Emanuel defends income-tax hike refund seizure
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel today gave an impassioned defense of the city’s effort to intercept millions in state income tax refunds from people across Illinois who owe City Hall money. The speech came after the City Council approved the plan 41-8. “...Tags: State Income Tax, Chicago, Willie Cochran, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Emanuel gets protest curbs, spending power
Mayor Rahm Emanuel easily won approval Wednesday for two measures that will tighten parade rules, increase fines for violating the restrictions and give him unfettered power to spend money on two international summits coming to Chicago in May.
Only a...Tags: Civil Rights, Arts and Culture, Politics, Festive Events, International Organizations
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Chicago aldermen approve Emanuel's G-8, NATO protest crackdown
Clout StreetThe Chicago City Council today easily approved measures to tighten parade rules, increase fines and give Mayor Rahm Emanuel power to spend money on a pair of May summits of world leaders. Dozens of protesters concerned about what they say are the mayor&...Tags: Civil Rights, Arts and Culture, Summits, NATO, Justice and Rights
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City Council approves Emanuel's controversial rebuilding plan
Clout StreetThe Chicago City Council approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial plan to lure private money for public-works projects, tossing aside concerns from some aldermen that there's not enough oversight. Aldermen voted 41-7 to approve the Chicago...Tags: Environmental Issues, Values, Ethics, Richard F. Mell, Politics
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O'Hare concessions deal sails through City Council
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel won approval today of a 25-year deal that will replace a clout-heavy concession operator at O’Hare Airport’s international terminal with a company that’s pledged to invest $26.2 million to improve the quality of...Tags: Shareholders, Ricardo Munoz, Chicago, Restaurants, Cook County
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Chicago aldermen raise prospect of tobacco tax hike
Clout StreetTwo aldermen looking for last-minute ways to head off painful budget cuts proposed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel floated the idea Wednesday of extending the city’s cigarette tax to other tobacco products. Ald. Matthew O’Shea, 19th, and Leslie...Tags: Todd H. Stroger, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Budgets and Budgeting
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Chicago aldermen tweak suburbanites on idea of ‘commuter tax’
TribLocal - EvanstonA handful of Chicago aldermen today couldn't resist the chance to tweak suburbanites, saying that maybe the idea of a commuter tax isn't all that …...
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